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In the middle of a complete house renovation and the builder is testing the underfloor heating system and hot water. I have purchased a Heatmiser Neohub and all the room thermostats so I can control them remotely(not currently installed) . Looking at the heating controller they have put in at...

Trying to breathe some life back into the external wood on the house as its been neglected. After and before pics. So far I've used Osmo Wood reviver. What should be the next step, a wood preserve, wondering if I use clear or one with a stain to try and even up the colour? Then to tackle the...

Starting to clear the place out ready for building works. There are a lot of what I believe are original 1930s brass fittings(muliples of each shown) plus each room has one of this sink units. Mirror has a nifty full size bulb behind! proper retro. Are they worth sticking on ebay or...

Just bought a 1930's house and it needs basically gutting and rewiring. So with this we are looking to modernise. It has thick walls and I notice the wifi doesn't get too far, so thinking cabled and a mesh system. Initial thoughts 1. Enough plug sockets per room 2. Do you need a network...

What type of cladding is the triangle piece inside the red area? The wood is gone due to weathering and looking at getting it all replaced. Wondered if its an difficult job?

Had the scaffolding go up over the weekend to address the chinmey stack! Looks like its a bit of a mess! Split on both sides. Top section seems to have lifted up from the bit below Top section seems to have lifted up from the bit below comnig out of the line as it moves towards the other.

Trying to clean this up but nothing seems to be touching it. Just bought this place so I don't know how long its been like this. Its 1929 brickwork if that affects the methods to try?

Went to view a house today and the garden looks like this, is this normal or is it a drainage issue? The first time we viewed this was bone dry and looked like a path. Its a 1929 house, it looks like this is designed as a well overflow due to it being lower and the brick edging. The well is...

Went to see an old house today 1920's wooden frame. Lot of the wallpaper all had large areas of bubbled wallpaper, some on the cold parts of the house, chimeny brests and strangely some internal walls. Does this indicate the roof or building in some way isn't sound, damp or condensation? Its...

We are looking at buying this house and the window frames(plus other bits) are in a bad way. The edges are very flakey and in some parts pretty crumbled (in red) Looking at the pics is it all the windows and the wood surround that need replacing and Is the wood the supporting structure? Is...

I am looking at colouring the table we have as its fading. I have tried a wood dye and some coloured wax but it just fades again quickly as I guess the wood is sealed? Is this type of table OK to sand down? top where the kids sit side of the leg, like new

My AEG dishwasher an f55002vi0p keeps coming up with a pressure sensor i40 fault casuing the drain pump to run all the time. I've taken the bottom of the unit and there was some water/yellow goo in the tray, it hadn't activated the polystyrene switch as I could push that up to check it was...

We have a 1970s house and on one spot we get these creaking noise when its windy, pretty much 24/7 at the moment, fun during the night. Its in the middle of the house inbetween the master bedroom and 2nd bedroom at the side of the house. Loft is wooden with the w type supports. Clearly...

I have a double length garage with a concrete base which seems to have a raked effect, see photos. I am trying to reduce dusting whilst hoping to level it off and paint it so its easier to clean. No cars go in the garage just road bikes and lawnmower and garden stuff, nothing heavy duty...

Before I begin a summer project of sorting the garage out I wanted to get some advice on preparing metal garage shelves that seem to have oxidized by the looks of it could be corrosion due to spillages. So I have initially sanded them down but there are still a lot of orange dust coming up. Is...

I have an earthstone work surface in the kitchen. Around the sink where water has run down and under sink when washing up the wooden bottom layer has started to warp. I tried to put some black filler to cover it as it's visible when you close the door. Sadly I don't think it's sealed to well...

I've got some crabtree platinum light switches and the other night the bulb went in one room. Now I have replaced the bulb with a working one but the actual push switch won't turn off, its like its got something behind it stopping it returning to the off position. any ideas?

I have just had my kitchen refitted and during this had 6 downlights added. Ever since the new wiring went in, my downstairs lights have flickered(the new kitchen ones and the hall, living room and front room) and trip the consumer unit fuse. Its trips randomly, doesn't have to be a switch on r...

Having the kitchen redone and the old floor tiles have been removed leaving the black glue residue on the concrete floor. The smell is awful. Is there anything I can use to either remove it or maybe paint over to seal it as the new flooring is a vinyl click floor and I don't know if that will...

Just have my old Ideal (17kw) boiler replaced with a Worcester 24ri. Never had a problem with the old system, OK pipes creaked on start up buts thats the house(wooden frame) install rather than the boiler. however on the new boiler when I turn the temp gauge on the front of the boiler to over...